Philoponella congregabilis

Social house spider at Cook, ACT

Philoponella congregabilis at Cook, ACT - 11 Jan 2019
Philoponella congregabilis at Cook, ACT - 11 Jan 2019
Philoponella congregabilis at Cook, ACT - 11 Jan 2019
Philoponella congregabilis at Cook, ACT - 11 Jan 2019
Philoponella congregabilis at Cook, ACT - 11 Jan 2019
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Identification history

Philoponella congregabilis 13 Feb 2019 KimPullen
Unidentified 11 Jan 2019 CathB

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Cyrtophora sp? In the middle of a large tent web.

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CathB wrote:
   14 Feb 2019
Thanks Kim. This spider was alone in the middle of an elaborately constructed tent web strung between branches of an Acacia dealbata. You can see its fuzzy shape just to the right of centre in image 3. It was much larger than the numerous uloborid spiders I see around the garden (Other web-building spider Uloboridae sp. (family) (Unidentified venomless spider) on 5 Nov 2017) that have very untidy webs. I thought this was a tent web spider.

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